Kasper Schmeichel will miss out on the subsequent 5 to 6 months recovering from an injury picked up on international duty, ruling him out of around seven Celtic fixtures, manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed.

The 38-yr-previous, that has 46 club appearances this phrase, picked up the knock through Denmark's Nations League quarter-remaining next-leg defeat in Portugal very last thirty day period.

The Danish captain, who's got eighty one caps, played on while in the 5-2 loss that meant the Portuguese progressed five-three on mixture.

Requested with regard to the likely 5-to-6-week absence, Rodgers informed Celtic TV: "This really is just something that, working day by working day, we will have a look at, however the timeline which was specified to us was probably all around about that.